Report: Biden Considering COVID Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel

A report that the Biden administration is discussing the possibility of vaccine passports for interstate travel drew outrage on Friday across social media.

The Associated Press, noting President Biden has become more “aggressive” in his push for COVID-19 mandates, reported “more severe measures — such as mandating vaccines for interstate travel or changing how the federal government reimburses treatment for those who are unvaccinated and become ill with COVID-19 — have been discussed” by the White House.

But the administration is “worried that they would be too polarizing at this time.”

An administration official told the AP “the interstate travel vaccination requirement was not under consideration at the moment.”

This line in an @AP White House story is getting a lot of attention this morning. A White House official says mandating vaccines for interstate travel "is not under consideration at this moment." https://t.co/wCSkPl7sny

— davidshepardson (@davidshepardson) August 13, 2021